by Jen | Technique Tuesday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. Adding a hanging sleeve to quilts is really quite simple and easy. There are no specified requirements when hanging a quilt at home other than the sleeve needs to be large enough for the rod to slip through. Hanging...
by Jen | Technique Tuesday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. This week is all about using tissue paper to make a template for quilting. Often time I want to add a motif to the border of a quilt and need to make one from scratch. Many years ago when I was living in Yellowknife one...
by Jen | Technique Tuesday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. Back in August I featured my little table topper quilt made with the spider web kaleidoscope block which I have decided to name Candy Corn. I am also teaching this little quilt at Creativfestival this fall in Toronto....
by Jen | Technique Tuesday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. Way back when in the spring I featured this ruler on Cool Tool Thursday and mentioned at the end of it that a Technique Tuesday post would be coming soon. Well, soon has finally arrived and here it is. I really like...
by Jen | Technique Tuesday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. Last week on Cool Tool Thursday I reviewed self threading needles and how awesome they are. Since then I have had several quilters ask for a tutorial on how to use them. I figured this technique was much easier to...
by Jen | Technique Tuesday
Hey Everyone, welcome back to Technique Tuesday. Last week I demonstrated how to cut diamonds from a strip of fabric using a regular 6 ½″ x 24″ ruler. This week I am going show you how to sew those diamonds together to create an eight pointed star. Adding in the...